Bill Text: TX HB1659 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1659 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1659-Introduced.html
| 84R8108 ADM-F | ||
| By: Miller of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 1659 | |
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| relating to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 86.0015(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) An application described by Subsection (a) is | ||
| considered to be an application for a ballot for each election, | ||
| including any ensuing runoff, in which the county clerk serves as | ||
| early voting clerk and: | ||
| (1) in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and | ||
| (2) that occurs before the earlier of: | ||
| (A) the end of the calendar year after the year in | ||
| which the application was submitted; or | ||
| (B) the date the county clerk receives notice | ||
| from the voter registrar under Subsection (d) that the voter has | ||
| submitted a change in registration information. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail received on or | ||
| after January 1, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
